Snap-hook



(No Model.) 7

W. T. MORRIS.

SNAP HOOK.

7 No. 449,491. Patented Mar.81,1891.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR M44440. 97%;? @JM/W/r/ fi ATTORNEY.

NlTEl) STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM r. MORRIs, on PARIS, ARKANSAS.

S N A P H O O K SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.449,491, dated March 31, 1891.

Application filed July 22, 1890. Serial No. 359,500 (No model.)

To (all whom it 'mcty concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. MoRRIs, of Paris, in the county of Loganand State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSnap-Hooks, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in snap-hooks, the object being toproduce a snap-hook which is especially adapted to be applied tobaekbands for holdingthe traces of plow-harness.

The invention consists in the particular construction and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a partofthis specification, in which similar letters and numerals of referenceindicate corresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure 1 an edge VlOW of a back-band having my improvement applied. Fig2 is a side view of same, a trace being shown in dotted lines and inengagement with one of the snap-hooks; and Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the improvement.

Referring to the drawings, A is a backband provided with straps O, bymeans of which the snap hooks D, hereinafter described, are attached tothe back-band, and 13 is a belly-band provided with rings orloops at itsends for engaging the snap-hooks.

The snap-hook D consists of a metal bar provided with alaterally-widened loop (I, integrally formed at one end of said bar, theslightly-tapered body being bent at 6, so as to return the free endportion 2 of the bar toward the flattened loop (I, and at f aright-angle bend is given to the material to project a short limb glaterally, which limb at 7b is bent at a right angle, so as to extendthe terminal end portion 1' directly below theloop (Z and adjacent toit. Upon the side of the hook-bar, between the limbs 1 2 of the same, atlat platespring m is secured by its upper end near to the loop (I,theelastic body of the spring being projected downwardly and across thespace between these limbs, causing the free end of the spring to impingeupon the inner face of the limb 2 a short distance from the return-bende.

In use, a snap'hook having been secured to each side of the back-band bythe straps C,

outer member thereof, substantially as de scribed.

2. Asafety snap-hook consisting of the loop (Z, thedownwardly-projecting body portion 1, having the upwardly-bent limb 2,the laterally-projecting limb g, and the terminal end portion '6,projecting under the loop (1, and the spring 077., secured to the bodyportion, substantially as herein shown and described.

\VILLIAM T. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

IKE OPPENHEIMER, J. E. BURNETT.

